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Tom FLORIDA STAB FRIDAY AUGUST 10 1900 I
1HtifSE fiiRFT YI RYf
Celestial earmlBg CHaW Kxclwalvely r
Aacleat PkUeaeta1ay
Special correspondence of The Florida Star
SAX F AN Cisco Aug lIif Judging
Chinese ways and actions It Is well to
discard entirely the standards of mod
ern civilized life The foreign mind
seems scarcely able to comprehend the
Idea that Chinamen are to be consid
ered as not amenable to the ordinary
laws that govern others and yet that
is exactly the manner in which they
must be regarded In some ways the
Chinese appear childish Judged by for
eigners for nowhere else can bo found
adult men and women so utterly given
over to belief in spirits good or bad
in superstitions and in other evidences
of childishness In other ways they
NATIVE HUT
appear overcivilized for no keener
traders exist than their merchants and
no liner workmen than their skilled
artisans They differ from us lu men
tal characteristics is the keynote
of foreign misunderstanding find of the
present and past uprisings In China
Nothing else brings out so clearly
1he difference between the Chinese and
us as a comparison of customs They
do things In Just the opposite manner
to us and what appears to their eyes
lit and proper is to us ridiculous In
Chinese schools while learning the
mass of aphorisms sayings and cere
monies that mnke up the main part of
Chinese education the scholars shout I
their lessons at the top of their
I
voices and a Chinese school Is any
thing but a place for reflection and
study When a Chinaman meets a
friend he shakes his own hands and
makes u slight bow The bow varies
lu depth according to the rank of the
person addressed until the highest
rank the emperor or son of heaven
is readied The proper way to salute
him is to kneel three times and knock
the forehead nine times against the
ground The American null English
ministers refused to do this and caused
much delay In negotiating treaties by
refusing This was years ago foreign
ministers are no longer required to
humble themselves In this manner but
the few Chinese who have beheld the
brother to the sun have thus de
based themselves
To a ChiuauKiu the seat of Intelli
gence Is the stomach and his heaven
Is In the center of the earth Our lin
ger nails are cut short while with the
Chinese long nails are a mark of dis
tinction and rank We consider it vul
garity in our children to swear while
Chinese children who do so receive
commendation for such evidences of
brightness The American scholar
when he wishes information or desires
to refer to ally matter turns to his
books Not so the Chinaman his
memory or the memories of those
whom he consults must serve his pur
pose it is not ditlicult to do this for
Chinese education consists cliielly of
instilling Into modern mliuls the wise
sayings of the ancients Hooks are a
rare luxury in China save to the very
tell and this in a country said to he
he birthplace of printing Such books
ts have been compiled are encyclo
pedias and other works of reference
iud are never seen by the average
scholar perhaps never even heard of
F e r any practical use they need never
Jiave been written for they are only
imwielily complications of history or
philosophy The Chinese are our op
posites in so very many things that
the list might lie extended imleliuitely
to all human affairs and also to those
of supernatural concern The matter
ol ltlucH ion brings out this character
istic of difference sharply and interest
ingly
In this regard it must be said that
the Chinese resemble us in at least
urn iMiint they have a great rever
ence for learning and wisdom anti a
book or anything written is an object
of regard There seems to be a videly
diffused belief that education is gen
eral In the Middle Kingdom This is
an error really not more than one
Chinaman in a hundred knows how to
read and the proportion of those able
to write is still smaller Not more
than one in a thousand of the women
can read and these only among the
wealthy The only schools for girls
are those established by foreigners for
the Chinese whose Idea and estimation
of womankind are Infinitely lower than
ours send only the boys to school
There are no public schools in China
they are all supported by the parents
of the boys who attend them When
the parents of a village decide that
they want a school they combine to
get a scholar to establish one Every
educated man Is a possible school
master and owing to the enormous
population and the want of education
among the main body of the people
the very poor there Is an oversupply
of teachers The body of j Chinese
learning Is made up as before stated
of memorizing what to us appears an
111 assorted mass of sayings and prov
erbs from the ancients The ground
to be covered Is enormous In extent
and variety and even after years of
tedious memorizing in most Chinese
minds there remains but a confused
mass that is not and never can bo of
any earthly use outside of China In
the empire itself this Is the path that
leads to preferment and honor for
Chinese offices are given out on the
basis of knowledge of the classics
after examinations somewhat like our
civil service
The peculiarities of study in the
village schools and in those of higher
grade are endless In number and im
possible of enumeration Let the read
er picture to himself the very oppo
site of our well ordered schools and
academies Chinese education has
been well called a system of intellec
tual infanticide The Chinese consider
a man a well developed scholar who
knows by heart the maxims of Con
fucius or Meuclus and yet this man
may never have seen a map of his
own country or may not know the
names of Its provinces or their capi
tals As for a knowledge of other
countries or of foreign inventions they
are bad 1lclneln fact unknown
Chinese scholars learn how to write
after a fashion but when writing con
sists in simply copying something that
has been memorized in a language
without an alphabet it is not of much
use Chinese writing and reading are
jomcwhat different from ours When
reading a page written in those queer
looking Chinese characters made fa
miliar to Americans by many repro
ductions you begin at the lower right
hand corner and read upward to the
top cf th column Then you begin at
the Iext column to the left and so on
to the end of the sheet Many Chi
nese use their ability to read and
write only when they are at home
Their scholarship is of no use when
suddenly called upon and you are
gravely told by a Chinaman that he
I
cannot read something because he has
I
left his spectacles at home Chinese
I men women and children have much
I use In the course of their dally lives
I
for the brass or copper cash or
I small coins of infinitesimal value
I To a foreign mind an education that
left out simple arithmetic would be
worth very little and yet It Is not
taught in China and must be learned
by practical experience
I After a pupil or the pupils father
decides that he Is to learn more than
the cart iculutu the village school af
fords he Is put through a course iu
the high school Ills new occupation
is to mcMiorie and learn to write es
says which are to entitle him to ad
vance to the rank of graduate when
proficient It Is all done by means
of otlicials sent from Peking to the
provinces to hold examinations which
determine the award of degrees
Many never reach the distinction of
graduate not having memorized a suf
ficient number of essays to he able to
construct one satisfactory to the ex
aminers The examinations are very
ditlicult but China ulcli It Is said arc
deploring the fact that promotion and
degrees are in these latter + ys to be
bought Instead of earned i the good
old way of learning hundreds of essays
by rote Like every one else In China
scholars have both eyes open to their
pecuniary benefit and essays are open
ly bought and sold although some
measure of disgrace attaches to the
transaction
After passing successive examina
tions by purchase bribery or real Chi
nese merit anti receiving successive
degrees the scholar by this time a
grown man may succeed in becoming
a government otlicinl which is the goal
of nil true Chinamen They may then
settle down to a life of complacent
taking and giving of bribes For schol
ars unsuccessful In obtaining govern
ment positions there are various
courses open teaching school being
considered the most honorable profes
sion The literary graduate enjoys
many honors In his own village He Is
a man of Importance and is referred t
In disputes and on every occasion
which demands ceremonies the exact
form of which is to be decided As
Chinese life is honeycombed with cere
monialism the graduate supposedly or
really familiar with the correct mode
of procedure becomes a man to whose
opinion much honor Is paid In law
suits he is Invaluable especially if he
be a fluent talker
In the summer of 1SDS the emperor
acting under the advice of reformers
attempted to establish a rational educa
tional system somewhat like our own
with civilized learning 15 its base Ills
efforts were viewed with alarm by the
mass of conservative rhjnampn and
came to naught being suppressed by
the empress dowager in September
1SOS What the future holds for Chi
nose education cannot at this time be
foretold CHARLES E KOIIINSOV
I1s 11110
Why he bothered with thi annoying
tompfuint when Banner Salve will cure
you 23e Wilson l Son
Mothers endorse it children like it
old folks use it We refer to One Minute
Cough Cure It will quickly cure all
thioat and lung troubles Wilson Son
Mr Flyhi hoC course youre well ac
quainted with the country round about
here Do yon know Glen Ac < ron Na
tive Aye weel Mr Flyhigh who has
just bought the estate What sort of a
place is it in your opinion Native
Well if 3 e saw the deil tethered ont +
yed jut eay Puir bruteGlasgow
Evening Times
The wolf irrthe fable put on sheeps
clothing because if he traveled on his
own reputation he couldnt accomplish
his purpose Counterfeiters of De Wills
Witch Hazel Salve couldnt sell their
worthless salves on their merits so they
put them in boxes and wrappeis like
DeWitts Look out for them Take
only DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve It
cures piles and all skin diseases Wilson
Son
The Monthly Weather Review denies
the authenticity of a paragraph which is
fioiiig the rounds that the weather bu
reau is utilizing piano wire kite strings in
developing a new method of wireless tel
egraphy
Millions will be spent in politics this
year We cant keep the campaign going
without money any more than we can
keep the body vigorous without food
I speptics used to starve themselves
Now Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests what
yon eat and allows you to eat all the good
food you want It radically cures stomach
troubles Wilson fc Son
A Queer Person Farmer Hornbeak
Uncle L mall Swank is the strangest old
nan I ever seen Farmer Hawbeck
lows that Kry Farmer Hornbeak
Why no matter what kind of a story ye
ell him it never reminds him of any
thing Pmk
THE SICK ARE
AREWELL
mm WELL
And the Weak are Restored to Full Vigor
and Strength at tliu IIuiuls of tho Great
est lleuler of Modern Times
llavo you any pain or acbo weakness st
Are You Does jmr 1J1 Otlllu that itcuntals iiu
Sick purities Aro you n n oust Do yon luck
c x tuap anil acMvlty of mind and l > oUy Are
you easily Uro 11610 you
lost llIbUlon1 14 tat re un
unnatural dram 11411 the
pystcni Id every orrran t w
f > rmlti Ia prujKr func
tion In other Words
Aro You a 1orftjctly
f Strong Active Igor
y opts llonlthy Happy
c lan or 11ouutn I
i If not you thouhl mot do
I h OJ Iny one day Ijeforo you con
I hull a specialist ono to
u J I u lioui the Liinmn l > ody Is an
I alien bonk and who under
btttndii every t liasoof weak
l hero and uiHttco anil to
I = t w liom tliu propor treatment
for it cure is us biiuplu us
ho adding of a colnnn of flnif
rt Former + t yiMn Dll JNEWTON
rho Leading HATH Y 1t4ltt nth hacUnK
Gpoclallst FI + KnV tIIlCountr HI = JlruC
Jp lice haH rte rn for veur4 1lrer than
Iiatof all other eciallytricoml ni + curt iof nil
orts of dl > ea > ed contlitions havobeeu thu marvel ol
Mio ui llcal profession andth + Kojilo pencrally Hit
fame Irta spread into every limu ami every hamlet
Tho + nafllctedwtth nil luitlinerof cletillllJaototuht
his s + n lces In orllr that they mlulit bu made uholt
I y tho admlnisterinLof his vnmlerlulpyUm of treat
went Wrecks of hiinianitj hilt clime to him fat
CIUtultIlUnn anti mrdicmer a lntn few niontli latex
hiiru returned to hint In ntoft vigorous health to iivt
him th + ir thanks
iil Diseases Dr Hatliaxvay treat all diseases
CuroJ thoM peculiar to rues ill II 1 those
peculiar to women as well at
Catarrh llhoitniatlsni KUlnoy Couijilnlnts E7f > ana
mal iH forms of 1ili orbit aid chronic orders
Dr Haihuwa v In the
t i > surreys t
Y irlCOCele and treatment of Vnrlcoc < > unit
Stricture Mrlct lthontthuald of knife
or caulcrv Is plienomenal The
mt < nnt I + treated II ytliU method at his own home
iviioii iKilnor lo xof timf from hu ne > s This t
vosltively the only treatment wlJlrh Cure4wlth out an
> n + nUlon Dr Hathmav ralH tl orirtlrularatton
Inn of + nITIrtr from Vsiricoceh + and Stnctur to
ae4iI JO and U of lusnewhonk which 111 Le
Case nt free on application
ilery ase Err rvciM taken by Dr Hathaway
Specially I < speclallv tiited iicconllnv tolls
Tr ntnfl naturoHll under his personal
Treated FUDorvl < lon nnllllll modlisn ort by
him urn propurod from tl c + purest and best drn In
hi own lilM ratorios tinder tits personal oversight
tad all from special prescription of hl own
Dr Hathawar makes no charge for consul
Low tation or advice either at his office or bJ
Fees mall utili when It cast Is taken tlm one low
too corers all cost of medicines and nrofea I
services I
J NEWTON HATHAWAY M D
Dr Hathaway Co
25 IJryim Street Savaiiiiuli GIL
3IKNTIOX THIS 1AIM U tt lIES WIUJISI1
VIRGINIA COLLEGE
For YOlN < IA1IIKS JCounokt V n
Opells Sept IS HIM tine of he leading
siliools fill young ladies in iliosoirh JIit midi
cent building all inoiirrn inipriivenuMits
Campus tdi tires drind IIUlIl1taill tlaIlQ in
vtlbyof Virginia lanicil lorlmlth liin > tiiin
and AnKrinin tiaiIiers Full inr e Siiierior
advanncts in Art Music and Elocution Stu
dents from thirty fates Par catalogues ad
dtcss MATT P HARRIS Presidi
Joaiioke Va
Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure
Digests what you eat
Italtilkially digests the food and aids
nature in strengtheiiintf aud recon
structing the exhausted digestive or
gans 1 bis the latest discovered digest
ant and tonic Ko other preparation
can approach it in enkiency It in
stantly relieves and permanently cure
Dyspepsia Indigestion Heartburn
Flatulence Sour Stomach Nausea
Sick Headache Gastralgia Cramps and
all other results Imperfect digestion
Prkc 50c and 51 I irtje slt4 contains 24 times
small sue Doolcull nbouidyipeiibla mailed free
Prepared by E C DeWITT 6 CO Chicago
Sold hy B II Wilson it Son
PISD S xs
CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS
Best Couch Syrup Ta tes Goo Use fJ
in tune Sold bv drugttsta
o
Florida East Coast Rya r
TIME TABLE NO 27 IN EFFECT JUNE 2i 1900
SOUTH BOUND ReAd Down Bead Up NORTH BOW
m NoW No1S Noi IKo tEJ
s Dally Daily STATIONS Daily Dally h
rl M CD 403p 111 Wa Lv Jack lonville Ar 1 unp 1 lU 1t3a y fA I
m n 515p 11100 Ar St AUgtlHtlno Lv6yDp 0Oda
p 8 5Jp It 153 Lv St Augustine Ar II5p 901 ttJ c
55ip 1149a Balu1nJ8 Lv 5 40p 829 d 0
43 61p 1205p Ar Eat PnJatkA 525p 81a fI c p
h v
onitl liO tJwp lrSup 500p 7450 < t +
p 4 5501 11403 LvPalatka Ar 5i5p 8854 + 0 en
C 0 y
4
rJ < D 125p ArSattMateoLv 6 MB cs td rI
Ec E 0 6 nILv San MatenAr 723t p CD rJ
rxl E4 615p I OOp Lr Enst PahatkaAr 525n H lea P cIo
CD r 14p 1261 u OrmondLv iOp 6421 0 0 IaI
o < D 100p 131p Daytona H51p 681a 0 1 j
rn S 800p 14ip Port Orange u H41p 6210
r cd n u Nuw Smyrna u S 6OOu
826p 2Op 8f1yrn8 3OP 0 m
H 23Ip Oak Hill u Uoop cs Ct LJ
a2 j 8U9p ritttsville 25p p S
m t1J aWl Cit Point 155p p + p
j 4 346p Cocoa 141p 0
W fa 350p U Rockletmge 143p
1 0 4ro n Eau Gallie 111p td CTq lj
p JX4 49p 14 Melbourne lOOp m = to
a2 501p Roscluud It I 26 p P m + 0
1 n basthm U C N
p4 r + soap > 12 2p
r + OJ 55Sp + St Lucie Il33a cs
t11 lc 605p Fort Pierce u 115 CD t3
0 627p II Tibbu I II utu c rn
EI
Et 6311 + Eden It llOUa CD 0
tfJ c 6351x It Jensen 153a i
< D U4 I StU1rt It 1 400
o d 1151 Hobo Sound 1J 14u tn P
C i 281 yujt Jupiter 10 02n S 0
M 80p u 5 est Palm Beach 1Ii8 i cs
EI 87p Boynton II 9 Uu p a
800p Dolray 8 5ait 1
ttJ tIJ 0221 Fort LuudonluJo 806 < tS
ump I Lenten City 7alt P
rl 1015nAr Minmi r ililll =
UulTott Parlor Cars on Trains ii and 7H
Between Jacksonville Pablo Beach and Maynort
No 15 Yo17 No2J Nos
NOWIN 4IINO No1IN
0 1 No 20
STATLONa Daily Daily Daily Noj1 bu n Sun Sun Dail
e xau exStl txs u Duilyl only only only Daily
Lv Jack ouville 7 lOu 4up iuup1040p UJUuj 21k11 7 Oup 10 Sun
Ar Pablo Bench 7 45u aap 73p 11 lip 10O5t1 2JSp 7 Jbp1 11aft
Matr H P1 8 UOp 11401 IU 003 + 8001 I
Nolti Nolb No jNo No ti No Nooo
No34
STATIONS Daily Dllly Daily DatlyI Sun Sun Sun 6utl Daily
ioxStt ex Su cCuex Su only only only only
t
LvMaytort 5 40n I 11 Wpl 8001 11 UOa fJ OUl
I PablBench 605u 8 IOn 551 92ip83a1i25a r 2 p H15p 300p
Ar JnckUi11o 6 tOn 8 45a Ii sap 10110pi lOJn l2OOn t1 OOp 10 lOp 985p
Between New Smyrna and Orange Botween Titaivllle and Sanford
City Junction Xul1 5mrioNs No r
lsot Nol STATIONS Noa No4 I I I WL r v ir nuilllu Ar 1i
J5Ilu JI LvNev Miiyrna Ar 2U5p I illop 71aa lhui Lv 1I2P
4U > p llala Luke HullS Lvi 20p 5Dap 5258 Jason 11518
4AplOli 01mlJt City HOp 44 Ip I 859 Eulerprise I 111i5a
u
4J j 1 ° 15uArOrnxtgo Cy Jet 105p cOp I HSJnAr Srlttfurd llOOa
All trains buiwtnm New Sniyriri and Orange All trains Ixttween Titusvillo and Sanford
City TUllI inn daily oxcent Sunday II daily exeept Sunday
Steamship Connections at Miami
KEY WEST LINE
Lea ce Miami Sundays Tuesdays Wednesdays and Friday 11 01 p m
Arrive Key West MonduysWednasdayrf Thursdays and Saturdays 3UUp iu
Leave Key West Thursdays and Sundays 200 p in
Arrive Miumi Fridays and Mondays 5OUa in
I HAVANA LINE
SOUTHBOUND STEAMERS TOUCH AT KEY VKST NOUTHHOUXD SAIL
DIRECT HAVANA 1U MIAMI
Leave Miami Sundays and Wednesdays 1100 p In
Arrive Havana Tuesdays and Fridays 500 a m
Leave Havana Tuesdays and Fridays 1100 a m
Arrive Miami Weiluosdays and Saturdays eo 500 u in
These Time Tables show tho limn at which triimmay bit exneuted arrive and depart
from the several station but their arrival or diimrtun at th times stated ia not guaran
teed nor does the Company hold itself responsible for any delay or any cousequeuced atria
Ing tlierefroiu
For copy of local time curd addross
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uu
Send your Job Printing to The Star Office
Ye give you Upto Date Printing at lowest prices
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
0 DIRECT LINEQUICK TIME O
TO
WASHINGTON ATLANTA
BALTIMORE BIRRUHGHAM
PHILADELPHIA MEMPHIS
NEW YORK CHATTANOOGA
CINCINNATI ST LOUIS
LOUISVILLE KANSAS CITY
and All Points East and West
NO OTHER LINE AFFORDS
SERVICE LIKE THIS
THE NEW YORK AND FLORIDA EXPRESS
Via Savannah and Charlotte N C
THE UNITED STATES FAST MAIL I
Via Savannah and Charlotte N C
THE CINCINNATI AND FLORIDA LIMITED
Via Jcsup
THE CINCINNATI DAY EXPRESS
Via Jesup
Through Vestibuled Trains Pullman DrawingRoom Sleep
ing Cars Through Coaches Elegant Dining Cars
Through Pullrrtan Sleeping Cars between Jacksonville and
Cincinnati 0 via Asheville N C and Knoxville
through THE LAND OF THE SKY
Through Trains via Southern Railway are now Operated
In connection with the Plant System from Jacksonville
Summer Excursion Tickets at very low rates
on sale June 1 to Oct 31 1900
For Rotes Siliiduli and Information call on or address
WT COS BY T P A
M West Bay Street Jacksonville Fla
RAN ids 11 IIKTON IHiriir Ia goer Agent Savannah Ga
I M flLI W A TlIUi S H HAKDWICK
Trutlic laimger tifii ass Apt Asst Gen Pass Agt
Washington U C vYasJiington D C Atlanta Ga